Re: Patch: raise default for max_wal_segments to 1GB

On 03/03/2015 10:29 AM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 03/03/2015 08:21 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> On 03/03/2015 10:15 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>>> On 03/02/2015 11:25 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>>>> I propose that we remove the comment from max_wal_size, and also remove
>>>> the "in milliseconds" from wal_receiver_timeout and
>>>> autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay.
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>
>> Actually, let's be consistent about this.  It makes no sense to remove
>> unit comments from some settings which accept ms but not others.
>>
>> Do we want to remove unit comments from all settings which accept
>> "MB,GB" or "ms,s,min"?  There's more than a few.  I'd be in favor of
>> this, but seems like (a) it should be universal, and (b) its own patch.
> 
> I think it's a good rule that if the commented-out default in the sample
> file does not contain a unit, then the base unit is in the comment.
> Otherwise it's not. For example:
> 
> #shared_buffers = 32MB            # min 128kB
>                     # (change requires restart)
> 
> The base unit is BLCKSZ, i.e. 8k, but usually people will usually use
> MB/GB. And that is evident from the default value, 32MB, so there's no
> need to mention it in the comment.
> 
> #tcp_keepalives_idle = 0        # TCP_KEEPIDLE, in seconds;
>                     # 0 selects the system default
> 
> Here it's not obvious what the unit should be from the default itself.
> So the comment says it's "in seconds".

Sure.  Although, do we take (s) for tcp_keepalives_idle?  Or only an INT?

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